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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 27, 2014Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood watch at May 27, 2014, 1:58 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 28, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2014, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
In effect from
May 28, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 29, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lafayette Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1). The gauge peaked at 13.40 ft at May 28, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386880, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at May 27, 1:18 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 1:18 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 6:43 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
281145-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-
NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A CUT-OFF LOW...SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WILL MEANDER
EAST-SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE ARKLATEX REGION ON WEDNESDAY
...BEFORE STALLING OUT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
WORK THEIR WAY...FROM WEST TO EAST...ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER SHOWERS. IN
ADDITION...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON...
MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED ON WEDNESDAY. MEAN AREAL
RAINFALL TOTALS...COMPUTED OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD ENDING
FRIDAY MORNING...WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-281145-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A CUT-OFF LOW...SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WILL MEANDER
EAST-SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE ARKLATEX REGION ON WEDNESDAY
...BEFORE STALLING OUT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
WORK THEIR WAY...FROM WEST TO EAST...ACROSS THE MARINE AREA.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 3 MILES
AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 3 MILES AT TIMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 8:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
800 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXZ180-201-271400-
HARDIN TX-TYLER TX-
800 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN AND TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL
900 AM CDT...

AT 756 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF BATSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...BATSON...
THICKET...SARATOGA...HONEY ISLAND...WILDWOOD AND VILLAGE MILLS.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

LAT...LON 3050 9458 3050 9455 3053 9455 3060 9446
      3039 9427 3019 9463 3022 9464 3040 9471

SWEENEY
Special weather statement, May 27, 9:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
903 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXZ180-201-261-271430-
HARDIN TX-TYLER TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-
903 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER AND TYLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT...

AT 857 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LUMBERTON AND KOUNTZE BY 915 AM...
  SILSBEE BY 920 AM...
  EVADALE AND CANEY HEAD BY 930 AM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A
SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

LAT...LON 3054 9419 3032 9399 3014 9434 3023 9444

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Special weather statement, May 27, 10:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
May 27, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchLCHRapides4 days
May 27, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchLCH5 days
May 27, 10:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
May 27, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 min
May 27, 2:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more60 hr
May 27, 6:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler8 hr
May 27, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin60 min
May 27, 9:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin27 min
May 27, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson61 min
May 27, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper27 min
May 27, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSabine28 min

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2014Every river flood watch in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.